Dear Holland

[Lord Pig-Pen]

Best we all learn some Dutch then......
Would be rude to shout at the TV in the wrong language!

[knetter]

My deepest sympathies for not making it to the tournament and welcome to the orange clad support troops!

[mgmark]

Best we all learn some Dutch then......

Babel fish translation throws up the following as, arguably, the most handy phrase - "Gelieve te kunnen ik een bier hebben".  No idea whether the translation is correct or not and, although every word except one is totally unrecognisable, the important one is recognisable - bier.

Throat exercises to get in shape for forming those syllables might be advisable too.  40 fags a day should do it.

Oh, and as per earlier, Holland got my vote anyway....

MG Mark

[knetter]

If you can pronounce that sentence, I would be utterly impressed

A far better and easier translation is this: Een biertje asjeblieft!

Good luck on smoking those 2 packs a day, I will check in Le Mans if it did the job

[mgmark]

If you can pronounce that sentence, I would be utterly impressed

A far better and easier translation is this: Een biertje asjeblieft!

Good luck on smoking those 2 packs a day, I will check in Le Mans if it did the job

In the past, a few years spent in the depths of the pine forest (when it had aircraft) just over the border from Roermond taught me very quickly that pronunciation of the Dutch language bears little or no resemblence to how it is written.  And it was always frustrating that, as soon as you started saying something simple like "Good Morning" in Dutch, the reply always came back in english....so, the challenge is going to be to learn some useful phrases again, as most of them have all slipped from the memory.  The bigger challenge will to remember them when pi**ed at the DfH party....

MG Mark 

[LangTall]

My brother in law has given up learning Dutch, it was very frustrating for him going to a bakery asking '1 broad alsjtoeblieft' and getting answered back in English. No way he could learn that way.

Which makes me wonder, if someome entered the bakery and ordered in Dutch with a thick German or French accent, would the baker also answer in the motherlanguage of the one who ordered.

[Paddy_NL]

Best we all learn some Dutch then......

Babel fish translation throws up the following as, arguably, the most handy phrase - "Gelieve te kunnen ik een bier hebben".  No idea whether the translation is correct or not and, although every word except one is totally unrecognisable, the important one is recognisable - bier.

No worries Mark, we're not Polish "Bier graag" will do, or "asjeblieft" like Knetter says

[knetter]

And if for some reason you find that the bar attendee is of the female sexe, just say as loud as is humanly possible: BIER, TRUT!

[Fran]

And if for some reason you find that the bar attendee is of the female sexe, just say as loud as is humanly possible: BIER, TRUT!

Nothing personal Knetter - but for some reason I dont trust you on that one!!! 

F

[mgmark]

And if for some reason you find that the bar attendee is of the female sexe, just say as loud as is humanly possible: BIER, TRUT!

Nothing personal Knetter - but for some reason I dont trust you on that one!!! 

F

Fran,

I think you might be being overly sensitive.  Can't see the problem with that - "Trut" in Dutch translates via babelfish into "Trut" in English.  Whatever that means.  Perhaps those in Rotterdam this weekend would be kind enough to try it out on a Dutch barmaid, and report back whether it received a warm welcome and lots of free beer, or a slapping, or being thrown out of the establishment?   

MG Mark

[Paddy_NL]

Trut is more like 'stupid cow', so I wouldn't push my luck on that one

Besides, it wouldn't surprise me at all if the people behind the bar are British or Irish

[knetter]

If said in a joyous tone, the first would apply, if said in a rather iritating tone the latter. Babblefish does not know that trut in dutch means biatch in English

[Leftie]

Because I'm a Taffy sheepshager, I've been supporting our Dutch friends for quite a while.

[mgmark]

If said in a joyous tone, the first would apply, if said in a rather iritating tone the latter. Babblefish does not know that trut in dutch means biatch in English

Ah...so, the (unsurprising) truth is out.....   Mind you, I am beginning to think that Babelfish is not all it's cracked up to be.  It tells me that words like twat, pillock and bollock are the same in Dutch as in English......

MG Mark

[Doris]

My deepest sympathies for not making it to the tournament and welcome to the orange clad support troops!

Every cloud has a silver lining Roy.  In this case, two.

1:  The Brits get to support the Dutch next year.   
2:  Steve McLaren got the bullet.   

Dx